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As the investigation into Prince’s death becomes increasingly complicated, a new allegation has come to light from the unlikeliest of sources: singer Sinead O’Connor has accused comedian and talk show host Arsenio Hall of supplying the late music icon with drugs.

In a Facebook rant posted on Monday, O’Connor—whose 1990 hit “Nothing Compares 2 U” was written and composed by Prince—called on the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to question Hall, 60, following news last week that local law enforcement in Minnesota had drafted in the federal agency to aid its investigation after finding prescription painkillers in the star’s possession at the time of his death.

In her post, the Irish singer claimed Hall gave Prince “drugs over the decades.” She continued that “anyone imagining Prince was not a long-time hard drug user is living in cloud cuckoo land.”

O’Connor further alleged that Hall once “spiked” her at an event at actor Eddie Murphy’s house.

She concluded: “I’ve reported you to the Carver County sheriff’s office. Expect their call.”

Hall denied the allegations through his representative to PEOPLE magazine.

Jane Philpott, the Canadian health minister, said the policy would keep cannabis “out of the hands of children – and profits out of the hands of criminals”.

She added: “We know it is impossible to arrest our way out of this problem. We will work with law enforcement partners to encourage appropriate and proportionate criminal justice measures.”

Justin Trudeau, the Canadian prime minister, won an election last year on a pledge to legalise and regulate the recreational use of cannabis. Mr Trudeau promised that his reforms would fix a “failed system” and help remove the “criminal element” linked to the drug.

Although the ban remains in place for now, illegal dispensaries for cannabis have already sprung up since Mr Trudeau’s Liberal government came to power.

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Astronomy Picture of the Day

Explanation: This sharp telescopic field of view holds two bright galaxies. Barred spiral NGC 5101 (top right) and nearly edge-on system NGC 5078 are separated on the sky by about 0.5 degrees or about the apparent width of a full moon. Found within the boundaries of the serpentine constellation Hydra, both are estimated to be around 90 million light-years away and similar in size to our own large Milky Way galaxy. In fact, if they both lie at the same distance their projected separation would be only 800,000 light-years or so. That's easily less than half the distance between the Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy. NGC 5078 is interacting with a smaller companion galaxy, cataloged as IC 879, seen just left of the larger galaxy's bright core. Even more distant background galaxies are scattered around the colorful field. Some are even visible right through the face-on disk of NGC 5101. But the prominent spiky stars are in the foreground, well within our own Milky Way.